{"id":86841,"date":"2026-01-01T20:52:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T20:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/86841\/"},"modified":"2026-01-01T20:52:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T20:52:06","slug":"bronx-man-shot-dead-inside-livery-cab-cops-say-amnewyork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/86841\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx man shot dead inside livery cab, cops say \u2013 amNewYork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-01-at-3.37.04-PM.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"scene where Bronx man was shot dead in first murder of 2026 in nyc\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"FIRST MURDER OF 2026: Bronx man shot dead inside livery cab, cops say 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A Bronx man was shot and killed on Thursday morning in what\u2019s believed to be New York City\u2019s first homicide of the new year.<\/p>\n<p>Screenshot via Citizen <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/amny.com\/bronx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx<\/a> man was shot and killed on Thursday morning in what\u2019s believed to be New York City\u2019s first homicide of the new year.\n<\/p>\n<p>Police said Issa Mbolo-Isac, 55, of Clarence Avenue was gunned down at the corner of Morris Avenue and the Cross Bronx Expressway in Tremont just before 7 a.m. on Jan. 1.\n<\/p>\n<p>Officers from the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd46pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">46th Precinct<\/a> found Mbolo-Isac shot in the head after arriving at the scene following a 911 call about the shooting. Responding EMS units pronounced the man dead at the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to information <a href=\"https:\/\/citizen.com\/-OhtPtoihoILI055fuu_?_branch_match_id=1519011939228974762&amp;_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAA8soKSkottLXT8%2FXS84syaxKzdNLzs%2FVT04rSDexiEx0jEqyrytKTUstKsrMS49PKsovL04tsnXOKMrPTQUAWBwwVTwAAAA%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">reported on the Citizen app,<\/a> Mbolo-Isac was found inside a blue Toyota SUV with TLC plates, indicating that he may have been a rideshare driver.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police sources could not provide a possible motive for the deadly shooting at this time. So far, no arrests have been made in the ongoing investigation, and the NYPD did not provide a description of a potential suspect.<\/p>\n<p>The fatal shooting is believed to be the first reported murder in the Big Apple this year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/news\/mayor-adams-illegal-guns-nyc-streets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">As 2025 drew to a close, police officials and former Mayor Eric Adams touted record lows<\/a> in homicides and murders since the NYPD began tracking crime statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Through Dec. 28, 2025, the 46th Precinct had seven homicides year-to-date, down from 27 the previous year. Moreover, the precinct saw a 54% decrease in shootings, with 23 incidents in 2025 compared to 50 in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding Thursday\u2019s homicide can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Bronx man was shot and killed on Thursday morning in what\u2019s believed to be New York City\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[41978,2443,98,100,99,41979,5185,786,787,41980,41981,9,24,41982,63,41983,791,41984,37897,41985,41986],"class_list":{"0":"post-86841","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-bronx-crime-news","9":"tag-bronx-shooting","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","12":"tag-brooklyn-news","13":"tag-crime-stoppers-tip","14":"tag-cross-bronx-expressway","15":"tag-fatal-shooting","16":"tag-gun-violence","17":"tag-morris-avenue","18":"tag-new-year-crime","19":"tag-new-york","20":"tag-new-york-city","21":"tag-new-york-city-crime-statistics","22":"tag-nyc","23":"tag-nyc-homicide","24":"tag-nypd-investigation","25":"tag-police-blotter","26":"tag-rideshare-driver","27":"tag-tlc-vehicle","28":"tag-tremont-bronx"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}